CHAPTER FIVE
Kennedy wasn't home long after she finished her stuff at school when she heard the front door. She smiled seeing Giles on the other side.
"Hey you, I just got home." Motioning for him to come in.
Walking in, "You are sure about this right?" He asked.
"Of course I am. So you can have the bed and I'll crash on the couch." Kennedy told him.
Setting his things down, "I do not mind the couch at all."
"It's ok G, haven't slept in it since I lost the husband. Even after I got the new bed. So go ahead enjoy the thing, someone should." Taking him to the room.
Following her, "You really haven't?"
"Can't bring myself to sleep in my bed alone. At least on the couch it doesn't feel like I'm laying on something so vast and open, making me feel alone. I know that sounds crazy, but it's how I feel." Showing him her room.
Giles looked around her bedroom. It wasn't at all at what he had thought it would look like. She had a dark chestnut, four poster, queen size bed, right in the middle of the room against the wall. Matching night stands were on either side of the bed as well as a matching dresser to the left. To the right was a door leading to the bathroom. Kennedy had black and white pictures littering the wall. Giles noticed the pictures were of the stars in the night sky.
Still looking at everything in the room, "This…this is nice." Giles complimented.
"Thanks. The bathroom is over there to the right. Should have everything. If you need anything I'll be in the living room." She told him.
A little while later Kennedy was sitting on the couch in a pair of flannel pajama's watching TV. Giles walked in, in a white t-shirt and navy blue pajama pants.
Hearing him come in, "Do you need something?"
"No, I just couldn't sleep. Not really that tired yet." Giles answered.
Patting the couch next to her, "Then come have a seat next to me, I'm watching MacGyver in syndication."
"I don't believe I have ever seen MacGyver before." Sitting next to her.
Looking at him in shock, "You so have been missing out."
"What is it about?" Looking at her.
Kennedy moved so she was facing him, "Well what happens is MacGyver gets himself in sticky situations and then builds himself things to get out of it. And he builds them out of the most random things ever." She said with much enthusiasm.
"That seems like a lot of enthusiasm for just a show." Looking back at the screen.
Facing the screen, "Nothing against you, but he is some kind of cute." Turning her head back to Giles. "Don't worry G I have always preferred more of the bookworm guy. And the fact you have a British accent makes it all more the better."
Giles instantly flushed from the compliment. Not knowing what to say he focused his attention to the television. When Giles looked over to Kennedy after the show she was asleep. Making sure she was tucked in, he went to bed.
Kennedy was still asleep when he got up the next day. But when he checked in on her he saw that she had a little friend with her. Kennedy was clutching onto a white round ball of fur with a pair of red arms and a pair of rainbow legs.
"Stop watching me." She yawned.
Walking away, "I…I'm sorry." He stuttered.
"It's ok, Twink and I don't mind." She stretched while getting up.
"Twink?" Looking back at her.
Grabbing the doll, "Twink from Rainbow Brite. It was one of her good friends in the show."
"Well that makes sense." He nodded still not quite understanding it.
Setting it back down, "Lucy my sister gave it to me, it has special meaning. The meaning behind it is a long one though."
"Oh." Giles sounded disappointed.
"One that will get told, but not right now. We have to get ready for work." Heading for the kitchen.
By the time Giles dressed and brushed his teeth Kennedy was gone. He looked around the room to see if she was somewhere he didn't see, but she was still gone.
Giles found Kennedy at lunch later that day.
Sitting next to her, "What happened to you this morning?" He asked her.
"What do you mean?" She said.
"I went to brush my teeth and when I stepped out of the room you were gone."
Munching away on her sandwich, "Did you want to go together? I could wait tomorrow."
"No, it just. I just thought you would have said something."
Resting her head on his shoulder, "Sorry G, I won't leave you out like that again."
"You don't have to make it sound like that." Giles was starting to get nervous.
Tilting her head, "Like what?"
"Like…like we…we…"
Giggling, "It was a joke, take a breather. Walk me to the theatre?"
"Yes, yes of course." Giles stood.
That night after school both Kennedy and Giles sat in their pajama's watching MacGyver. They both looked back when they heard a knock on the door.
Getting up, "I got it." Called Kennedy.
She opened the door finding Buffy, Xander and Willow on the other side.
"Sorry to bother you like this, but have you seen Giles? He's not at the library or his place." Buffy asked.
Pointing with her thumb inside her place, "G's here, come on in." Letting everyone in.
"Nice pj's." Xander joked seeing her flannel pajama's.
Squinting at him, "How much will you guys miss Xander here if I kill him right now?"
"Don't worry Kennedy, it's Xander's language for he likes what you're wearing." Willow told her.
Tilting her head with a smile, "Don't be jealous because I look adorable in flannel."
"What brings you here?" Giles asked.
Buffy's arms crossed, "What are you doing here? What happened to your apartment?"
"Bug infested; the exterminator can't come till next week. Is there something wrong?" Giles asked again.
Xander was looking around the place, "So you shack up with the drama teacher. Go you."
"I'm standing right here." Kennedy threw a pillow at him.
Catching the pillow, "Sorry."
"You best be. I'll leave you all alone to do your thing. Water is in the fridge and if you need anything else I'll be in my room." Kennedy went to her bedroom.
Kennedy was sitting on the window seal looking at the stars when Giles walked in.
She looked his way when she heard him clear his throat, "Buffy needs my help."
"Ok the door will be unlocked when you get home. Have fun and don't get too hurt." The two waited in silence for awhile before Kennedy realized, "Oh right your stuff is in here." She quickly made her way out.
The group was out late fighting vampires, when Giles returned he tried to walk in quietly. Kennedy sat up rubbing her eyes.
Keeping his voice low, "Go back to sleep."
"Everything ok?" A groggy Kennedy asked.
"Yes." He whispered again.
Yawning really big, "Okay, night." Kennedy plopped back on the couch with a thud.
Giles was brushing his teeth the next day when Kennedy appeared in the doorway. He looked at her with a mouth full of toothpaste.
"I'm heading to school want, me to wait so we can go together?" She asked.
He went to speak but quickly remember to spit first, "Go ahead. I have to stop somewhere first."
"All right. See you at work." She smiled.
The principal cornered Kennedy in the hallway when she arrived that morning.
Crossing her arms over her breast, "What do you want?" She glared at him.
"I want to have a few words about our latest production."
Shrugging, "What's wrong with it?"
"It promotes the kids to eat more candy, making them hoped up on sugar. I do not approve of it; you need to change it." He demanded.
Shaking her head, "No, you hired me to give the students another outlet to keep them busy and that's what I'm doing. It was bad enough you had me do Romeo and Juliet."
"The good thing about hiring you is I could fire you too. I am the principal mind you."
Kennedy went to say something when Giles appeared, "There you are, I have been looking everywhere for you. We have something to finish up for the show." Giles pulled her away.
"Let me go G, I'm going back over them to tell principal Snyder how I really feel." Anger spilling all over the place.
Continuing to pull her down the hall, "Come on." He told her.
"Where are we going? Principal Snyder is the other way." Looking behind her.
"The library."
Looking back at him, "What for?"
"I have something that can help you release all that anger towards Principal Snyder." Still pulling her down the hall.
Scrunching her eyes, "I don't think sex in the library is going to help any."
Giles abruptly stopped turning to her, he was bright red and at a loss for words.
"I'm kidding. What was it that you have for me?" Kennedy asked nicely.
When he was still stunned Kennedy pushed him towards the library. It wasn't till they reached the place did he come out of it.
Removing his glasses, "I figured you do one of the training exercises Buffy does. It is good at releasing frustration.
"Releasing frustration would mean me popping Principal Snyder's tiny little head off."
Giles slipped some of the gear on he used when Buffy trained. "Ok so all you have to do is attack me. Pretend I'm Principal Snyder." Moving in front of her.
"Are you sure about this?" Looking him up and down.
Nodding, "Yes, I would imagine you would practice with your sister all the time."
"So you want me to attack like I was practicing with my sister?" Kennedy asked.
Nodding again, "Yes, if that helps."
"All right, if you say so." She shrugged.
Kennedy kicked as hard as she could into Giles stomach. When he bent over a little she grabbed him by the head and flipped him over her shoulder. Giles let out a grunt when he landed on his back. Kennedy stood next to his body with a smile on her face. And before Giles knew it Kennedy jumped up in the air bringing her elbow down on his stomach.
Getting up, "I do feel a little better, thanks G."
"You're welcome." He slowly and painfully got up.
Seeing him lose his balance, she reached out to help him. "Did I hurt you?" Helping him to a chair.
"I believe I will be alright." He told her.
Helping him remove his gear, "I am really sorry. Lucy and I had a lot of sibling fights. And the only way for me to even make a difference with her was to give it to her good in any way possible. The good thing about being sisters is I know all her weaknesses." Offering him a 'I'm sorry' smile.
"It's ok. I did ask for it." Leaning slowly back in his chair.
Kennedy was coming back from putting the gear away, "Well I'm still sorry. And I will somehow make it up to you."
"You do not have to. I'm fine." He told her.
Holding her hands up, "No, no, I want to. Tonight if you're not busy." Kennedy told him before she left not giving him a chance to argue.
The entire day Giles couldn't stop thinking of what Kennedy was going to do. It could be anything he thought to himself. He just hope it was nothing too crazy or something that required dancing like Buffy, Willow and Xander when they went to the Bronze. He really could go for just being at home and relaxing. He rarely ever got that because of the people he hangs out with. Then he started thinking, why is Kennedy even hanging out with him? Or say yes to that date they went on? She was considerably younger than him. Now that was going to bug him. Doesn't she want to be with someone her own age? Granted she's not extremely young either. Then it dawned on him, he didn't know how old she was to begin with. He made a mental note to ask her about that later.
Giles could hear music blaring from Kennedy's place as he approached. Opening it he found a empty place and loud music.
When he shut the music off Kennedy sat up. "Hey" She said in a half sleep.
"What are you doing?" Giles inquired, making his way to the couch.
Getting up, "Well I was waiting for you since I got home early. So I turned on the music and starting flipping thought a magazine. I guess I fell asleep."
"You fell asleep to that noise?" Pointing at the stereo.
Throwing her pillow at him, "Shut up."
"Sorry to wake you." Handing her, her pillow back.
Taking it, "Don't be sorry, it was my bad. So your choice, we go see a movie-your pick and my treat-or we can make breakfast for dinner and watch the marathon of Hitchcock movies."
"I am a little tired myself." He confessed.
Making a sad face, "All right." Laying back down on the couch.
"How about popcorn and one Hitchcock?" Giles suggested.
Looking up at him, "Kind of defeats me trying to make up what I did to you earlier today."
"By my standards it is a start." He smiled.
Climbing off the couch, "I got the popcorn then!" She called in joy.
Giles gave a light chuckle as he sat on the couch. As he waited for Kennedy to return he noticed her stuffed toy laying on the couch. He picked it up and began to examine it. Giles noticed the dullness and the slight dinginess of the thing. He could tell that the thing was old and well worn. The thing was surprisingly soft and then he caught a whiff. The doll had a odd smell that was yet all to familiar to him.
"Yes I know it smells weird, but the smell makes me feel safe." Kennedy sat next to him with the bowl of popcorn.
Setting it down, "What is it? It smells familiar."
"Book, like old books. Why Twink smells like that is beyond me, but I love it." Stuffing some popcorn in her mouth as she flipped the TV to the right station.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Buffy just my character.